Wisdom Quotes

In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.

Conventional wisdom on government's role in inequality often has it backwards. Tax reforms have resulted in a more progressive federal income tax; government transfer payments have become less progressive.

A man of strength and wisdom, John Paul became an inspiration to generations of both Catholics and non-Catholics throughout the world by encouraging freedom, promoting peace and respecting all faiths.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.

Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.

My past is my wisdom to use today... my future is my wisdom yet to experience. Be in the present because that is where life resides.

It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.

As a parent and a citizen, I'll take a Bill Gates (or Warren Buffett) over Steve Jobs every time. If we must have billionaires, better they should ignore Jobs's example and instead embrace the morality and wisdom of the great industrialist-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.

Our experience is composed rather of illusions that of wisdom acquired.

The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.

Any successful nominee should possess both the temperament to interpret the law and the wisdom to do so fairly. The next Supreme Court Justice should have a record of protecting individual rights and a strong willingness to put aside any political agenda.

Wisdom is a sacred communion.

Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the right to expect that these wants will be provided for by this wisdom.

The current wisdom now is that if the three networks are covering the news the same way the difference is the anchor people. I think that won't be true in the future.

When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.

What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away.

They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.

Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control.

The weak have remedies, the wise have joys; superior wisdom is superior bliss.

The key to wisdom is knowing all the right questions.

The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.

I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.

Nobility of spirit has more to do with simplicity than ostentation, wisdom rather than wealth, commitment rather than ambition.

The less you talk, the more you're listened to.

We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.

Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.

Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end.

Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.

My government, you can be assured, will be less focused on personalities. It is about treating people with respect. I think complaining about the community not being able to see the wisdom of our ideas is the wrong approach.